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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Upsala Glacier - Argentina
Date: Mar 10, 2006
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

Iceberg - Upsala Glacier - Argentina

There are an explanation of blue ice and icebergs here:
//www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/blue-icebergs.shtml

To see blue icebergs like this, search google image or flickr,
for example //www.flickr.com/photos/mshandro/2325728935/

Statistics
Place: 207 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.1159
Avg (commenters): 6.9865
Avg (participants): 6.1232
Avg (non-participants): 6.0779
Views since voting: 1067
Views during voting: 714
Votes: 483
Comments: 81
Favorites: 4 (view)


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03/18/2009 09:34:20 AM
Fascinating. When I think of icebergs, Argentina is not the first place that comes to mind. I had no idea you could see them there! Beautiful capture of the blue. It must be amazing to see this in person.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:12:09 PM
Is that blue real? Never mind, I really don't care if it isn't. Great shot.
03/17/2009 10:02:01 PM
Very dramatic capture! 7
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03/17/2009 06:10:56 PM
great light, great colors, but why so small?!
03/17/2009 03:59:19 PM
Wow, that's a really stunning blue, did you do that in pp or is it like that in nature? Great shot.
03/17/2009 03:20:21 PM
I wish you photograph would have been a little larger. The blue and green colors are amazing and the background just adds to the brilliance of the foreground colors. Good lighting and focus.
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03/17/2009 03:01:21 PM
Never seen ice that colour before. Interesting.8
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03/17/2009 02:10:26 PM
Incredible colour in this shot... was that the natural colour, or did you change this in photoshop?
03/17/2009 11:29:08 AM
Wow, what an amazingly vivid blue
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03/17/2009 09:31:26 AM
Wow, what a stunning blue. Fascinating shot.
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03/17/2009 02:07:21 AM
Beautiful shot. Marvellous colour.
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03/16/2009 10:15:08 PM
Look at that blue! Nice capture on the sea spray too.
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03/16/2009 08:40:58 PM
Now that's some blue ice, almost too blue! Cool (no pun intended) photo.
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03/16/2009 05:04:46 PM
Striking colors, perfectly timed shot...
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03/16/2009 04:51:53 PM
Nice, clever title and impressive color tones adds to the simple and somehow "poor" subject. Good luck! (9)
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03/16/2009 03:33:06 AM
Beautiful blue and striking sky in the background. Nice take.
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03/15/2009 09:28:48 PM
nice detail love the colours
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03/15/2009 05:47:38 PM
you can feel the cool blue, very nice shot.
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03/15/2009 04:50:24 PM
Breathtaking clarity and luminosity. Like a sparkling ice blue jewel. 8
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03/15/2009 03:11:53 PM
I'm hoping to leave comments on as many photo's in this challenge as possible... out of (currently) 1115 images, I gave 94 of them an 8. Your image was one of those 94, placing you well within the top 10% for this challenge.

Heh, I hope this was submitted by Ricardo Bevilaqua, as it's in his photo.net portfolio, and his Flickr site too :-)

Nonetheless a beautiful hue to the upsala (it was googling for "upsala" to figure out what the hell it was that I discovered Ricardo's pictures.

Good luck for a strong finish in this challenge.
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03/15/2009 12:11:42 PM
You've found Superman's lair!! Crisp colours. What happened with the file size?
03/15/2009 11:56:24 AM
Now I know glaciers and icebergs don't come in those colours naturally, so this is a bit over the top for me. But you've captured a lot of interesting detail in the ice.
03/15/2009 10:55:11 AM
Almost looks unreal. Nice pic and colors.
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03/15/2009 10:22:59 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 05:06:10 AM
amazing 8

brano
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03/15/2009 12:15:11 AM
cool glacier...love the vibrant colors! 7
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03/14/2009 11:06:48 PM
So unusual!!! Something about this reminds me of a dragon *6*
03/14/2009 08:08:16 PM
Wish I could see this. That blue is interesting.
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03/14/2009 06:09:32 PM
great scene but dont like the intence blue color
03/14/2009 05:44:48 PM
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03/14/2009 04:20:11 PM
Ok, this has definite WOW factor!!!! Extraordinary ice color, which makes me wonder if it's natural. Love the waves crashing against it, and the very dark background, but there is something odd. Like it's a composite or something. But it so visually stunning. Love it.
03/14/2009 12:30:25 PM
really nice contrast of elements
03/14/2009 11:28:26 AM
Such a deep blue colour. I wonder if it's really that colour in real life?
03/14/2009 04:23:03 AM
Wow! I'm sure photoshop helped with the blue... But still...
A shame about the skew horizon.
03/14/2009 12:31:16 AM
Wish the image was larger, this is a nice shot !! 6
03/13/2009 08:53:57 PM
Beautiful blue tones.
03/13/2009 08:23:56 PM
Very cool in many ways!
03/13/2009 05:07:04 PM
Nice blue ice. Iceland right?
03/13/2009 03:27:35 PM
Impressive! Nice blue colors!
03/13/2009 02:57:00 PM
Im a sucker for photos of the north and/or far south. Great contrast between the foreground and background.
my first 10
03/13/2009 02:05:25 PM
the yin and yang of the landscape.. 7
03/13/2009 12:30:25 PM
wow! thats freakishly cool. excellent photo
03/13/2009 09:03:32 AM
is that real ice color?
03/13/2009 08:53:52 AM
Wow. Cool iceburg. Love the colors but I am cold just looking at it! haha.
03/13/2009 07:47:05 AM
Wow, is this a blue iceberg? I know snow turns bluish over time, but this is really cool and a nice contrast with the background mountains. Thanks for sharing this.
03/13/2009 05:01:51 AM
The bright blue forground and the dull cloudy background create a good "shock" effect!
03/13/2009 04:15:15 AM
Excellent shot.
03/13/2009 03:03:02 AM
Very cool. I love the blue.
03/13/2009 01:58:06 AM
Amazing and fascinating!!
03/13/2009 01:34:13 AM
Blue and gray juxtaposed. And it's a brilliant blue, one I've seen in ice before but not often. Thanks for the memories.
03/13/2009 12:31:45 AM
WOW, great shot.I woulod like to see some more surroundings. Too tight crop IMO.
03/12/2009 09:37:54 PM
Wow! Outstanding colours!!! I wish the image was larger...
03/12/2009 09:35:16 PM
The deep blue of glacier ice is always so amazing to me. It does seem to have a slight tilt in the horizon, but the colors are tremendous.
03/12/2009 08:17:14 PM
The blue here is so captivating! I also love the wave hitting the ice. The grey stormy background makes this pop even more.
03/12/2009 08:01:54 PM
Coming back to comment...

Wow! Just gorgeous!
03/12/2009 06:02:45 PM
Extremely blue. It looks like a giant iceberg made of frozen Gatorade!
03/12/2009 03:56:27 PM
wow. where is this??? such beautiful blues
03/12/2009 03:39:12 PM
Amazing colors, looks almost surreal.
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03/12/2009 01:57:58 PM
It's beautiful, but a bit on the small side, and it also tilts to the right.
03/12/2009 12:34:06 PM
Blue ice?!?!? Looks like it's glowing! Great capture!
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03/12/2009 05:11:44 AM
Fascinating shot - be good if it was bigger.
03/12/2009 01:47:03 AM
I've seen this on before and it's still a stunner. Nice work.
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03/12/2009 12:06:17 AM
A very unique shot. Cool iceberg... literally.
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03/11/2009 11:39:18 PM
Did you selectively saturate the ice to a lot and desaturate the background?
03/11/2009 08:59:31 PM
This is like a Science Fiction movie. cool. Love the crashing wave.

Not voting yet.
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03/11/2009 08:48:55 PM
Stunning color! WOW it looks more like glass then ice. Burrrhh! Wonderful work.
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03/11/2009 04:20:23 PM
please tell me that is not the real color of the ice. haha
03/11/2009 02:58:24 PM
great colors, but i would like to have seen more.
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03/11/2009 02:46:13 PM
Beautiful colors
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03/11/2009 01:55:45 PM
I looked at this for a while trying to understand it - I love the blues but overall the dark background is pulling me
03/11/2009 11:47:14 AM
Stunning colours nice shot
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03/11/2009 11:36:50 AM
nice but too small
03/11/2009 11:08:34 AM
Surreal image! This is something that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie. Fantastic image.
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03/11/2009 10:28:43 AM
Powerful shot!
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03/11/2009 10:21:31 AM
Well now that's something you don't see every day. DANG. Hidden gem indeed.
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03/11/2009 10:13:34 AM
Congratulations on being part of this 1000th challenge on DPC. Keep up the good work!!
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03/11/2009 07:12:16 AM
wow, great use of selective desat to isolate the 'berg
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03/11/2009 05:08:39 AM
I like the muted background against the blue.
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03/11/2009 01:30:11 AM
The color is amazing here, as is the contrast with the dark and gloomy background.
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03/11/2009 01:09:10 AM
Oh, the colors! How magical!
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03/11/2009 12:13:53 AM
Amazing, absolutely amazing!
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